Siemens Gives School $100,000 for Fire Protection Lab Renovation
Siemens Building Technologies Division announced that it gave Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) $100,000 to support the construction of the school’s Fire Protection Engineering Lab. In recognition of the gift, WPI named the Fire Protection Engineering building’s conference center after Siemens to honor its leading role in supporting the advancement of fire and smoke detection technology and its underlying scientific study, the institution said.
“Siemens has long been a pioneer in the field of fire and smoke detection and Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the industry continues to benefit from the relationship we’ve maintained over the years,” said Karen L. Bean, director of development for WPI. “Our intent is to apply Siemens’ gift to expenses associated with the renovation of the Fire Protection Engineering Lab. To assure our leading role in academic development of fire protection engineers, we are recreating the learning environment to better serve students and faculty — Siemens generous support will go a long way to help us with our goals for the facility and for that we are truly grateful.”